Comedy gig of the week: The Bib and Bob Show
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Bib and Bob (played by those two incorrigible scallywags, Jerry Sadowitz above, and Logan Murray) aim to shock - and generally they succeed all too well. They have been known to bound on stage promising sketches "which make Nazi war-time atrocities seem like Mr Kipling cakes". They have fulfilled that promise by performing unprintably rude routines about such subjects as George Michael, Gary Glitter, cancer, child abuse, homelessness, Asian shopkeepers, IRA terrorists, Jehovah's Witnesses and piles. They have even risked gags on the taboo subject of the death of Princess Diana.
While undoubtedly offensive, the material can at the same time be liberatingly funny. Watching Bib and Bob you may experience the double-edged feeling of laughing and reproaching yourself for laughing at the same time. Leave your PC baggage at the theatre-door.
`The Bib and Bob Show', The Talk of London, Drury Lane, London WC2 (0171-387 2414) Fri
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